Spring Was Here Just A Minute Ago- I Swear...

Like someone once said, "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a minute". After last weekends spring tease, it's probably safe to say we are all ready for some steady sunshine. Unfortunately all we've gotten this week so far is cold rain and sleet (today is shaping up ok so far, but it's no spring day). You'd think that having grown up in Connecticut I'd be used to this consistently inconsistent weather by now, but that ain't the case. But I have to say I definitely roll with the weather changes much smoother than my wife, who grew up in the equatorial country of Thailand. If I had a Thai baht (their currency) for every time I heard her say "what's wrong with the weather in this country?!" I'd have enough money to buy a raincoat from a street vendor in Bangkok, and maybe even enough left over for a Thai iced tea.

On the bright side, having crappy weather makes you appreciate the good stuff. Sub-zero wind chills and mounds of snow make chirping birds and sunny blue skies all that much sweeter, right? When you think about it, we're never happy- in the cold blustery winter we want the warm spring so we can go outside without getting frostbite. In spring we want the nice hot summer so we can go to the beach or the pool, and watch people's clothes get all the more skimpy (oh yeah). In the sweltering hot summer we want the nice cool fall so we don't have to bleed sweat with the slightest exertion. That leaves the fall. Fall gets a bad rap because it's the lead-in to winter. Fall is like the "Sunday" of seasons. Sunday by itself is not so bad, but the fact that it leads into Monday makes it the bane of the weekend. That's what fall is to winter.

So what this all boils down to is this- we might be better off accepting this schizophrenic weather for what it is, and maybe even trying to appreciate it. Or we could move to more temperate climates, which is not a bad idea providing you are willing and brave enough to give up local friends, family, employment, etc. Either way, it's not going to change in the immediate future. I suggest all of us New Englanders hang on to our properties because, who knows, after global warming kicks in, we just might get lucky and live in tropical beachside communities right where we are!